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A JAPANESE W.W.II OFFICER'S KATANA the blade with wavy hamon, plain tang pierced with a single hole, regulation brass mounts, in its brown painted steel saya (areas of pitting) 68cm; 26Nin blade £800-1000 | Nil |
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800 |
| 2 | A JAPANESE W.W.II OFFICER'S KATANA with slightly curved single-edged blade, signed tang pierced with a single hole, regulation brass mounts, in its lacquered wooden scabbard; A JAPANESE KATANA, with signed tang pierced with a single hole, and associated regulation hilt and saya (the tsuba and menuki missing); A JAPANESE WAKIZASHI; A JAPANESE TANTO, A SMALL BURMESE DHA, and A NEPALESE KUKRI the first 67cm; 26Giin blade (6) £800-1200 | Nil |
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850 |
| 3 | A JAPANESE W.W.II OFFICER'S KATANA with fullered blade with wavy hamon, plain tang, regulation mounts (one menuki and the tsuba missing), in its steel saya 69cm; 27Bin £500-600 | Nil |
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500 |
| 4 | A JAPANESE KATANA with slightly curved single-edged blade with wavy hamon, signed tang pierced with two holes, in a lacquered saya (the grip replaced, mounts missing) 57.5cm; 22Kin blade £400-500 | Nil |
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| 5 | A JAPANESE WAKIZASHI the tang pierced with a single hole and signed on each side, and carved bone hilt and saya engraved with figural designs 46.5cm; 18Gin blade £800-1200 | Nil |
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1400 |
| 6 | A JAPANESE WAKIZASHI, 18TH/19TH CENTURY with slightly curved single-edged blade, signed tang pierced with two holes, iron tsuba decorated with a rudimentary landscape, in its laquered saya (worn) 54.2cm; 21Gin blade The tang is inscribed Miyoshi Nagamichi. £500-700 | Nil |
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750 |
| 7 | A JAPANESE WAKIZASHI, 19TH CENTURY with slightly curved single-edged blade, signed tang pierced with a pair of holes, shakudo nanako tsuba of Mino-Goto type, in its black laquered saya, with mounts en suite (kozuka missing, saya cracked) 37.5cm; 14Nin blade The tang is inscribed Nobukuni. £300-500 | Nil |
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700 |
| 8 | A JAPANESE WAKIZASHI, 19TH CENTURY with slightly curved single-edged blade, pierced iron tsuba decorated with monsters and highlighted with soft metals, in a laquered wooden saya (kozuka missing, worn) 48cm; 18Pin blade £100-200 | Nil |
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400 |
| 9 | A JAPANESE AIKUCHI, 19TH CENTURY with stout blade cut with a pair of short fullers on one side and cut with a pair of stylised characters on the other, and the grip and saya each decorated with soft metal flowers (worn, losses) 20cm; 7Pin £300-500 | Nil |
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450 |
| 10 | A JAPANESE TANTO, 19TH CENTURY with slightly curved single-edged blade, plain tang pierced with a single hole, small iron tsuba decorated with foliage in soft metal around the edge, in its black laquered saya with associated kozuka £100-150 | Nil |
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350 |
| 11 | THREE JAPANESE BONE-MOUNTED SHORTSWORDS, 19TH CENTURY each carved and engraved with horizontal bands of figures, and one with brass mounts chased with flowers and foliage, and TWO CHINESE SHORTSWORDS, 19TH CENTURY, mounted together in a tortoiseshell veneered scabbard (losses)(4) £250-350 | Nil |
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700 |
| 12 | A TOSEI GUSOKU ARMOUR, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY comprising black six-plate iron helmet, fitted without tehen kanamono with a simple ita shikoro and fukigaeshi, with brass maedate in the form of vajra, with a black lacquer ryubu type mempo with moustache and yodarekake, a vertical lacquered plate cuirass with eight-stage kusazuri; a pair of chu-sode, tsutsu-gote, black lacquer Iyo-haidate and a pair of shin guards, together with a black armour box O £1500-2000 | 5% |
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6000 |
| 13 | AN INDIAN PATA, 17TH CENTURY with broad fullered European blade, iron 'gauntlet' hilt of characteristic form engraved with scale ornament, finely roped edges, iron grip bar with some early fabric binding, original arm bar of rectangular links, and retaining its original padded leather lining Provenance: Robin Wigington, The Arms & Armour Gallery, Poet's Arbour. £1000-1500 | Nil |
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1000 |
| 14 | AN INDIAN PATA, 17TH CENTURY with European double-edged blade, and iron gauntlet hilt of characteristic form; and AN UNUSUAL INDIAN KATAR, 18TH/19TH CENTURY, with reinforced blade, and iron hilt formed of a curved plate chiselled with flowers and foliage and incorporating a single grip bar on the inner face, the first: 90.8cm; 35Iin blade (2) See A.C. Tirri 2003, p.323, fig. 244.O £400-600 | 5% |
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650 |
| 15 | AN INDIAN TALWAR, 18TH CENTURY with curved single-edged watered blade chiselled with a shaped panel and inlaid with a series of calligraphic cartouches towards the forte on one side, russet iron hilt of characteristic form, decorated throughout with gold koftgari flowers and foliage within linear frames (areas of staining and patination) 79cm; 31Ain blade. The inscriptions include Qur'an, Surah al-Saff (LXI), parts of 13, an invocation to 'Ali as "O'Ali!" and "Muhammed Shah Padshah", perhaps a reference to the Mughal ruler Nasir al-Din Muhammed (1131-1161AH, 1718-1748). £1200-1800 | 5% |
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1200 |
| 16 | AN INDIAN SWORD, 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY with strongly recurved bifurcated blade, decorated with a series of notches of differing size and iron hilt of talwar form 42.5cm; 16Nin blade. Provenance: Robin Wigington, The Arms & Armour Gallery, Poet's Arbour. £100-140 | Nil |
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300 |
| 17 | AN INDIAN DAGGER, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY with slightly curved blade, double-edged over its forward half, looped hilt incorporating moulded outer face with beaded borders; A NEPALESE KORA, 19TH CENTURY, of characteristic form, the blade engraved with exotic animals, hilt of khanjar form retaining traces of silver inlay the first: 29.3cm; 11I in (2) £200-300 | Nil |
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| 18 | TWO ZULU ASSEGAIS, EARLY 20TH CENTURY each with iron leaf-shaped blade and faceted socket decorated with trellis pattern, on its original wooden haft 31cm; 12Din and 25cm; 9Pin heads (2) Provenance: Warwick Castle, inv. nos. P085 & P086 £80-100 | Nil |
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80 |
| 19 | AN INDIAN FLAIL, 18TH/19TH CENTURY formed of a spherical ball with four flattened faces, suspended on a chain of twelve links and moulded iron grip with bulbous finial 33.5cm; 13Din the grip. Provenance: Robin Wigington, The Arms & Armour Gallery, Poet's Arbour. £200-250 | Nil |
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220 |
| 20 | AN INDIAN KHANJARLI, 18TH CENTURY with recurved double-edged blade formed with a pronounced medial ridge, iron hilt of characteristic form with shaped bone grip-scales and beaked pommel-scales, all retained by steel rivets, in a fabric-covered wooden scabbard; another, 18th century, with recurved blade, and hilt of characteristic form, the first: 28cm; 11in (2) See A.C. Tirri 2003, p.306, fig. 225 O £500-700 | 5% |
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700 |
| 21 | A FINE TURKISH JADE-HILTED KARD, 18TH CENTURY with single-edged watered blade (the point chipped), moulded copper-gilt ferrule, mottled green jade grip set with a red garnet in a raised silver moulding on the pommel, and in its original velvet-covered wooden scabbard with large gold mounts, comprising chape with bud-shaped finial and locket with a single loop for suspension 34.5cm; 13Kin See A.C. Tirri 2003, p.306, fig.225, p.167, fig.117 O £800-1000 | 5% |
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1050 |
| 22 | TWO INDIAN AXES, 18TH CENTURY the first: with brass head enclosing a rectangular steel axe blade, the socket decorated with red enamel geometric ornament, and pair of exotic animals, on its original wooden haft; the second: with sparsely engraved rectangular axe blade, rectangular socket, on its original wooden shaft the first: 71cm; 28in (2) Provenance: Robin Wigington, The Arms & Armour Gallery, Poet's Arbour. £300-400 | Nil |
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300 |
| 23 | AN INDO-PERSIAN AXE (TABAR), LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY with robust iron head formed with a pronounced bearded cutting edge, decorated with expanded flowerheads on a punched ground over much of its surface, square pean decorated en suite, on its original gilt-brass haft chased with scrolling flowers and foliage, and matching basal cap fitted with a stiletto (terminal missing)51cm; 20in £800-1000 | Nil |
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| 24 | AN INDIAN AXE, 18TH CENTURY with engraved brass head, the forward portion pierced with foliage and fitted with crescentic axe-blade, the rear portion formed as a pair of adorsed tiger heads, iron leaf-shaped central spike, iron haft formed in three stages, retaining traces of silver foliage, engraved brass basal cap incorporating a concealed stiletto 57.5cm; 22Nin Provenance: Robin Wigington, The Arms & Armour Gallery, Poet's Arbour. £500-700 | Nil |
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750 |
| 25 | A RARE INDIAN COMBINED AXE AND MATCHLOCK PISTOL, 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURYwith slender head formed with a crescentic axe-blade, rear pean formed as a domed temple, two-stage haft forming the barrel, fitted with iron pan (pivot-cover, trigger and serpentine each missing, ramrod seized, patinated throughout), 34.5cm; 13Kin £500-700 | Nil |
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500 |
| 26 | A FINE AND RARE SOUTH INDIAN COMBINED AXE AND MATCHLOCK PISTOL, 17TH CENTURYformed with crescentic blade with reinforced rear-swept tips, engraved bifurcated central blade formed with an additional spike beneath, moulded collar chiselled with a monstrous mask on each side, octagonal haft also forming the barrel, strongly swamped at the muzzle and fitted with fore-sight, the haft engraved with scrolling foliage on the alternate faces, interrupted by a strongly moulded collar at the top, bottom and in the centre, fitted with iron pan with pivot-cover in the centre, iron hilt of khandar form, the lower portion pierced and chiselled with monsters, iron grip, and remaining in good condition throughout 86.2cm; 34in Provenance: Robin Wigington, The Arms & Armour Gallery, Poet's Arbour. A similar combined axe and matchlock pistol formerly in the collection of George Cameron Stone is preserved in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, No. 36.25.2118. See R.Elgood 2004, p.187. £3000-3500 | Nil |
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4800 |
| 27 | TWO SUDANESE BROADSWORDS (KASKARA), LATE 19TH CENTURYof characteristic form, with fullered blades each struck with a pair of moon mask marks on each side, iron cross-pieces, leather-covered pommels, and with rattan-and string-bound grips respectively 83.5cm; 32Pin and 87.2cm; 34Gin blades (2)Provenance: Warwick Castle, inv. nos. E343 & E344 £150-200 | Nil |
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400 |
| 28 | A PERSIAN COMPOSITE BOW, 19TH CENTURY decorated with flowers and foliage in gilt polychrome on each side (losses, areas of wear)47.6cm; 18Nin £200-250 | Nil |
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200 |
| 29 | AN INDIAN SILVER-MOUNTED LANCE, 18TH CENTURY with single-edged blade of triangular section, formed with a tapering socket, original wooden haft encased with a series of broad silver bands almost covering its entire surface, the forward band interrupted by a pronounced globular moulding, and the base fitted with its original wedge-shaped iron shoe; ANOTHER, SIMILAR, 18TH CENTURY, with slender iron head of hollow-diamond section, original wooden haft, the forward portion encased in sheet silver decorated with raised beaded mouldings, and retaining its original wedge-shaped iron shoe the first: 31.8cm; 12Iin head (2) £400-500 | Nil |
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| 30 | A FINELY PAINTED PERSIAN COMPOSITE BOW, LATE 18TH/19TH CENTURY of characteristic form, the inner face of the tips and the grip painted with elaborate designs of scrolling foliage and flowers in gilt on a blue ground, the entire remaining surface painted with highly detailed Courtly hunting scenes of hounds and mounted figures armed with swords and bows, involved with both the pursuit and capture of a variety of animals and birds, and in good condition throughout (minor losses)50 1/2cm; 19Pin Another bow painted in a strikingly similar manner, and almost certainly from the same workshop, was sold Sotheby's London, Arts of the Islamic World, 13th October 2004, lot 144 ( 14,400). Another is preserved in the Stibbert Museum, Florence, inv. nr. 67 £2000-2500 | Nil |
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2400 |
